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“Ultimately, the replacement of an electric car every five years with a new model, from the point of view of cumulative CO2 emissions and based on our calculations and simulations, will result in more CO2 emissions than the consistent use of an old combustion car for the remainder of the vehicle life cycle.” HaHaHaHa snork, gasp, HaHaHaHa!!!

“Ultimately, the replacement of an electric car every five years with a new model, from the point of view of cumulative CO2 emissions and based on our calculations and simulations, will result in more CO2 emissions than the consistent use of an old combustion car for the remainder of the vehicle life cycle.” HaHaHaHa snork, gasp, HaHaHaHa!!!

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Battery packs need changed every 8 years and it's cheaper to throw the entire car in the bin than it is to replace the system.

lol.

There's actual ev graveyards filled with dud cars already.

[–] • 1 pt

On top of this, if you happen to have the skills to refurbish a Tesla on your own, they cut you off from the network and you no longer have the ability to quick charge the vehicle so there's not even a used car market for rebuilt EVs.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Battery packs need changed every 8 years and it's cheaper to throw the entire car in the bin than it is to replace the system.

It's not often that you get to see someone be wrong twice in one sentence, but here it is.

The wife has a 2012 Prius Plug-in with 165,000 miles on it and the battery is still at 85%. There are so few (if any) reports of a Toyota battery failing outside of warranty that nobody knows how much it costs. In older Priuses the battery cost about $2,000 to replace. But, the price of gas can give us a clue. The batteries have a 150,000 mile warranty. In a 3,000 lb gas car you'd probably average around 30 mpg, or 5,000 gallons of gas to reach 150,000 miles. That's $10,000 of gas even at Trump prices. As long as the battery replacement is less than $10,000 you're cheaper than gas.

Teslas still have about 90% battery capacity after 100,000 miles.

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You reek of being a useless faggot. If you're going to call someone out, at least do your fucking homework first.

Tesla are just about the only company to make good electric vehicles, which have a ridiculously good battery pack life.

Now why would I even take that into account when talking about battery pack renewal?

Answer: I wouldn't.

Cheap ass vehicles and second hand cheap ev's are a complete waste of money, and you're not even taking electricity costs into account.

Fuck off and die.

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You reek of being a useless faggot. If you're going to call someone out, at least do your fucking homework first.

LOL. Clown world.

Cheap ass vehicles and second hand cheap ev's are a complete waste of money, and you're not even taking electricity costs into account.

Electricity costs about 13 cents a kWh. To drive 150,000 miles in an electric car will cost you about $4900 in electricity if you drive like a moron, and about $3,900 if you are more skilled. The big clue on whether you drive like an idiot is whether your mileage is below the sticker mileage.